So one of the general principles of Supply Chain Management and particularly
setting up your distribution network is to get your product stored fairly close
to your consumers so you cut down the cost of distribution but I'm here today
talking to a guy who's working with an industry that's totally different it
turns that on its head coming right up
So today work is tough sometimes because today I'm at Audrey Wilkinson winery so
did I pronounced it right and we are at wineries in Hunter Valley if you've never been to the
Hunter Valley this is one of the best places in Australia to get awesome wine
and I'm talking to Brian you're the Operations Manager. I am indeed I'm the
Operations Manager and so what are you doing when you're at a winery you look at
Warehouses we've been looking at the storage and we talk about supply chain
So Brian, why is a winery so different in terms of the way the distribution
network is setup so all storages are here. Absolutely! All the storage is here so
and we're very fortunate to have it so close our hands to us and from a storage
space we do look at a very different and ways of storing our wine as well so and
we've put a lot of our wine into museums as well so we're very fortunate to
actually so I've only just found out what museum is but that's where you keep
a little bit of each vintage to sort of really let it age and see what it's like
in 20 or 30 years. Correct. Awesome!
So what are some of the challenges that are very different in the wine industry
in terms of supply chain. Well we have different types of supplies here as
opposed in in the hunter so we're not just looking at wholesale we're also
looking at retail we also have our wine clubs as well so it's quite a broad
spectrum that we're looking at here and different and obviously different
vintages place there and different roles. I suppose within you know okay and we
were looking around your warehouse here and yeah I mean some of the stuff has
been there for quite a while obviously so that's different from many many
industries so obviously you're aging some of the wine in the warehouse and
it's improving the value. Absolutely, and and we're very fortunate to be able to do this
where were the size of our property to be actually able to put wine away and
and store it for such a long time and and it's fantastic to see the difference
so how it matures over those age. and I guess on a broader sense how are you
seeing the wine industry in Australia or is it going on it's going very very well
for us I think they I suppose a playing field has really changed in the last
five years and it's becoming really popular and as I saying before to you
with our tasting rose have become more popular with the the male population and
blends are really coming into it as well so it's really interesting time for us
here at the hunter awesome awesome and you've got a great cellar door here and
you're going to be doing some some sort of cheese and wine tastings with our
seven year old Muscat. Seven year old Muscat. We just had to try, I'm coming back for that
really awesome. So I go in a bit of a plug where do they come to for this
absolutely so they come up to Audrey Wilkinson Cellar Door. Everything all our
bookable they're all our experiences I should say are bookable online and
so we'd have different types of experiences we have a standard tasting
we also have a premium and we're also have a picnic amounts of wine and lastly
but not leastly we certainly have a what's called a fortified and fromage
package so you get to see and taste and wines from aged Muscats.
and we're just near pockle been in the Hunter Valley correct yes if you're
overseas and traveling to Australia you have to come see Brian come to the
cellar door but without a fascinating time talking about wine supply chains
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